Gregor Robertson (politician)
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His Worship Gregor Robertson |
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| 39th Mayor of Vancouver | |
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Assumed office December 8, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Sullivan |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Fairview |
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In office May 17, 2005 – July 15, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Collins |
| Succeeded by | Jenn McGinn |
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September 18, 1964 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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BC New Democratic Party (provincial) Vision Vancouver (municipal) |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Robertson (separated) |
| Domestic partner | Wanting Qu |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Colorado College |
| Occupation | Politician, entrepreneur |
Gregor Angus Bethune Robertson (born September 18, 1964) is a Canadian politician who has been the 39th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, since 2008. He was elected as part of the Vision Vancouver party slate. He served as an MLA for Vancouver-Fairview, as a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, from 2005 until his resignation in 2008 to run for the mayoral position.
Gregor Robertson was born in North Vancouver in 1964. His father was an attorney with Russell Dumoulin, a prominent Vancouver law firm, and his mother was a teacher. Gregor grew up in Portola Valley, near San Francisco, after his parents divorced and he later lived with his father. In 1982 he graduated from Carson Graham Secondary School and enrolled at the University of British Columbia, but later transferred to Colorado College, where he earned a BA in English and Biology. After graduating, he intended to become a physician, but the University of British Columbia School of Medicine rejected his application. Robertson has said he didn't like medicine because he would have to work in end-of-life situations.
His relations include grandfather Dr. Emile Therrien, a pioneering doctor, and Dr. Norman Bethune, his grandmother’s cousin, a noted anti-fascist and Communist famous for battlefield medicine in the Spanish Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War. He is not related to Gordon Bethune.
He cowboyed in the Cariboo and sailed the Pacific for 18 months, accompanied by his wife, Amy, whom he had met in Colorado. They settled in New Zealand, where he was attracted to, and began, farming as a trade. After turning 25, he returned to Canada, where he purchased land in Glen Valley near Fort Langley, and made his living as a farmer there.
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